Chinese symbol for “positive”
阳
yáng
Traditional: 陽
positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 阴 (yīn)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for positive is 阳 (yáng), defined as: positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 阴 (yīn).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “positive”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阳性 (陽性) | yáng xìng | positive; masculine |
| 良性 | liáng xìng | positive (in its effect); leading to good consequences |
| 积极 (積極) | jī jí | active; energetic |
| 正面 | zhèng miàn | front; obverse side |
| 正向 | zhèng xiàng | forward (direction); positive (thinking, mood, values etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 阳.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 太阳 (太陽) | tài yang | sun; sunlight; sunshine |
| 阳光 (陽光) | yáng guāng | sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic |
| 太阳能 (太陽能) | tài yáng néng | solar energy |
| 阳台 (陽台) | yáng tái | variant of 阳台 (yáng tái) |
| 朝阳 (朝陽) | cháo yáng | to be exposed to the sun; in a position facing the sun |
See also: Japanese symbol for “positive”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.